14 Related Articles from 2018-06-14

6 U.S. Open favorites got off to bad starts. Shinnecock Hills is destroying the U.S. Open field on Thursday. >>

Alan Dershowitz: The final nail in the ACLU's coffin. The Director of the American Civil Liberties Union has now acknowledged what should have been obvious to everybody over the past several years: that the A.C.L.U. is no longer a neutral defender of everyone’s civil liberties; it has morphed into a hyper-partisan, hard-left political advocacy group. >>

Americans are spending like mad again. Retail sales surged in May thanks to tax cuts and a healthy job market. But some economists worry a low savings rate, more rate hikes and trade tension between the US and other nations could lead to consumers pulling back eventually. >>

Ex-choirmaster accused of posing as US military loses extradition battle. Roger Giese, who is in his forties and was born in America, fought a human rights battle in the High Court after his extradition to the US was ordered last year. >>

Kids in these U.S. "hotspots" vulnerable to vaccine-preventable disease. Parents opting out of vaccinating their children for non-medical reasons is rising and putting others at risk, new research finds >>

Maine ballots collected for ranked voting. The voting system is used in 11 local jurisdictions and was used for the first time in a statewide primary on Tuesday >>

Scott Piercy, a surprising early clubhouse leader at the U.S. Open, barely made the field. Scott Piercy was an alternate after sectional qualifying for the U.S. Open but is now surprisingly tied for the lead after his opening round 1-under-par 69 at Shinnecock. >>

The Latest: 5th hole proving to be easy par 5 at Shinnecock. Most of Shinnecock Hills has been brutal early in the first round of the U.S. Open. Not the par-5 fifth, though. >>

The Latest: Shinnecock unkind 92 times to Scott Gregory. The thrill of playing in the U.S. Open was gone quickly for Scott Gregory >>

Tom Brokaw lists his Westchester estate for $6.3M after his Montana ranch hits the market for $17.9M. Brokaw quietly put the ranch market late last year, asking $17.9 million for the 4,128 acre property in Park County. His Westchester estate just hot the market however at $6.3 million. >>

With THIS box of chocolates, hotel workers didn't know they were getting pot edibles. The box was labeled 'salted caramel chocolates' and probably contained the candy once upon a time. But what was left behind at the Inn at Shelburne Farms in Vermont was a marijuana edible potent enough to hospitalize two employees. >>

Woman denied early release in kidnapping, death of teen. One of eight people sent to prison in the 1997 rape and murder of a 13-year-old Connecticut girl has been denied early release. >>